Hanger for wearing-apparel



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G. BUCH. HANGER FOR WEARING APPAREL.

Patented Mar. 27, 1894.

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ms NATIONAL LITHDGRAPHING COMPANY.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE BUOH, OF WELLSVILLE, NEW YORK.

HANGER FOR WEARING-APPAREL.

' SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 517,325, dated March 27, 1894.

Application filed November 4, 1893. Serial No.490,018- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, GEORGE BUCH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Wellsville, in the county of Allegany and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefullmprovementsin Hangersfor W earin g- Apparel; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full,-clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form a part of this specification, and inwhich- Figure l is a perspective View of my improved hanger, as it appears from the front side; showing, in dotted lines, sundry articles of wearing apparel hung upon it to illustrate its use. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device as it appears from the rear side or back. Fig. 3 is'a front or face view of the device. Fig. 4 is a cross section on line a:-w in Fig. 3; showing the hanger suspended upon its bracket or support. Fig. 5 is a sectional detail view of one end of the hanger. frame, showing more clearly one of the diagonal slots or bearings for fastening the trousers-bar. Fig. 6 is a detail View of the bracket for suspending the hanger frame from a wall or other vertical support; and Fig. 7 is a detail view of the removable trousers-bar, removed from the hanger frame.

Like letters of reference designate correspending parts in all the figures.

This invention relates to devices for hanging up mens coats, vests, trousers, and other articles of mens wear when not in use, in such a manner as to preserve the same from creases and, at the same time, take up but little room; and it consists in the detailed and specific construction and combination of parts of a device of that character, as will be hereinafter. more fully described and claimed.

On the accompanying drawings, the letter A denotes the back or body part of my improved hanger, which is preferably made of wood, although, if desired, it may be made of metal, or wood and metal combined. This fiat back-piece A is of a size and shape to conform, as near as may be, to the size and configuration of the shoulders of a man of normal size and shape, and is widened and reinforced along its sides and top-part by a broad reinforcing-strip or frame B, the edges of this bar are reduced in thickness so as to fit loosely into its oblique bearings or recesses d d, and the bar itself is beveled along one edge, as shown at D, so as to allow the trousers to hang down perfectly straight and flat across the bar, without bulging out too much. The under side of the back-piece A is of the shape shown in the drawings, 11. 6. provided with an inverted V-shaped slot or notch 01,, just opposite to the middle of the bar D, the object of which will be stated later on. In

the back of this piece A is made an oblong vertical slot or recess E, having two enlargements e e, to permit the heads f f of two screws, F F, to enter said recess when the hanger is to be suspended from the bracket, shown at G. The bracket is fastened permanently to the wall H of a wardrobe or closet by means of the screws or nails h h; and the hanger may be attached to or removed from said bracket simply by inserting the projecting screws F F into the recess E through the openings 6 e, as shown in Fig. 41,111 which the hanger is shown suspended upon its bracket. It will be obvious that other means of fastening or suspending the hanger may be used instead of, or in addition to,'the bracket G and recess E; a ring or hook may be used, if desired.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, the manner of using my improved hanger will be readily understood. The trousers are first doubled, by flattening out the legs and doubling them upon each other, after which the doubled legs are placed across bar D (said bar having been first removed from the hanger frame) after which the bar, with thetrousers suspended from it, as shown in dotted lines in the drawings, is replaced in the frame by reinserting its reduced ends into the slotted bearings d d.

The object of cutting away the back A to form the notch or opening a is to make room for the leg-crease, or the ironed fold which runs along each leg, so as not to flatten the same, as would be apt to be the case in the absence of an opening at this point, i. 6. cpposite to the crease. On both sides of this crease (indicated at H in Fig. 1) the fabric of the trousers legs is flattened out and clamped or pressed between the Hat and broad side of bar D and the adjacent side of frame A B, as shown in Fig. 4, so that the weight of the de pending part of the garment will operate to stretch it and take out undesirable wrinkles and creases, without, however, interfering with or destroying the regular leg-crease, or ironing-fold, which is intended to show; The coat and vest are slipped over the top of the frame, which, as we have seen, is of a shape conforming to the size and shape of a mans shoulders; and the hat or cap is supported upon the obliquely projecting and removable hat-peg O. i

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- The herein-described holder or hanger for wearing apparel, comprising the frame A B provided with the diagonal end-slots or bearings d d and central recess a, in combination with the removable trousers-bar D and hatpeg O; substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto aifixed my signature in. presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE BUOH.

Witnesses:

Gno. B. WILooX, '1. H. FURMAN. 

